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International Organization for Migration How to effectively counter migrant smuggling while guaranteeing migrant rights 4 December 2015, Porto

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• Deeply rooted into the WA culture • An economic factor for WA • A chance of personal development for youth • A chance for EU to fill in the labour demand 3

• Stranded migrants in need • Exploitation of vulnerable migrants • Trafficking of people • Breaching national laws on right of entry and stay • Illecit smuggling (drugs, weapons, human beings.) 4

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30000 26107 24774 22905 25000 23186 22641 22607 2014 24031 21221 2015 20000 16063 15922 15000 15679 14599 10000 5459 4354 5000 3528 2283 3335 2171 0 January February March April May June July August September • 137 313 migrants (October 2015) vs 138 796 migrants (September 2014) • Total in 2014: 170 100 migrants

40000 35000 30000 Main Nationalities 25000 20000 35938 15000 10000 17886 5000 10050 8370 7072 6315 5037 0

16000 14000 #Migrants by Nationality 12000 Minors 10000 Women Men 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 Nigeria Gambia Mali Senegal Ghana Ivory Coast Guinea Others • August (116 147): 38 270 migrants from WCA = 33% • Mainly men – Except Nigeria 22% Women

Trafficking: • The victim is the trafficked person • Does not have to be transnational • The consent is forced or fraudulent • The aim is the exploitation 9

Smuggling: • The victim is the State, not the migrant • Has to be transnational • The consent is given • The aim is the financial gain for a service to the migrants 10

PROTECTION & ASSISTANCE • Need to protect vulnerable migrants such as Unaccompanied or Separated Migrant Children (USMC); potential Victims of Trafficking; single mothers; medical cases, etc. • Need to provide assistance such as Assistance to Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR); medical assistance; lodgment; financial assistance, etc. 11

DATA COLLECTION • Need to collect information about their pattern, their motivation, their profile, etc. 12

AWARENESS RAISING • Need to fine tune message and channels 13

CAPACITY BUILDING • Civil Society; • Gov. Institutions; • Other partners 14

SUPPORT TO DEVELOPMENT • Support to individuals returning home; • Support to receiving communities; • Support to potential migrants 15

SUPPORT TO REGIONAL DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION • Exchange info • Exchange best practices • Establish protocols and SOP • Establish common patterns and visions 16

• Free Movement and Migration • Strategy and Plan of Action for Child Protection • Strategy and Plan of Action for Counter Trafficking • Capacity building • Data collection 17

Many thanks for your kind attention! Michele Bombassei Migrant Assistance Specialist for West and Central Africa mbombassei@iom.int 18